Jovanovska and Others v. North Macedonia

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 40562/23 Valentina JOVANOVSKA and Others against North Macedonia and 21 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 3 July 2025 as a Committee composed of:

Gediminas Sagatys , President , Stéphane Pisani, Juha Lavapuro , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.

The applicants were represented by Danche Chakarovska-Grozdanovska, a lawyer practising in Skopje.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of civil proceedings were communicated to the Government of North Macedonia (“the Government”).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations, signed by the parties, under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against North Macedonia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention.

Done in English and notified in writing on 28 August 2025.

Viktoriya Maradudina Gediminas Sagatys Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention

(excessive length of civil proceedings)

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of applicants’ declaration

Amount awarded for non ‑ pecuniary damage

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

Amount awarded for costs and expenses per application

(in euros) [2]

40562/23

07/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Valentina JOVANOVSKA

1975

Marjan APOSTOLOVSKI

1968

Zoran DAVITKOVSKI

1961

Jovica MITKOVSKI

1957

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

40605/23

09/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Blagica ANGELOVSKA

1963

Sasho KOCEVSKI

1969

Vesna KOSTIKJ

1968

Jadranka VELJANOVSKA

1964

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

40798/23

13/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Goran PETKOVIKJ

1967

Jadranka NIKOLOVSKA

1961

Branka TRAJKOVSKA

1956

Vladanka VELICHKOVIKJ

1956

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

40817/23

10/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Jadranka STOJKOVSKA

1957

Bogica JOVANOVSKA

1954

Delcho SPIROV

1954

Rada STOJCHEVSKA

1959

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

40829/23

08/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Chaslav JOSKOVSKI

1962

Bore DENKOVSKI

1966

Marjan MADJOVSKI

1967

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

41510/23

16/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Ubavka PETKOVIKJ

1959

Milanka MITEVSKA

1950

Natasha STOILKOVSKA

1979

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

41516/23

14/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Verka JOVANCHEVSKA

1955

Solunka PAVLOVSKA

1953

Tana SPASIKJ

1954

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

41519/23

15/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Ljubica STANISHKOVSKA

1957

Ljubinka KRALJEVSKA

1959

Liljana NAKOVSKA

1951

Verica PETROVSKA

1956

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

41521/23

20/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Gjurgja BOJKOVSKA

1956

Danica ALEKSOVSKA

1952

Ljubica JAKIMOVSKA

1954

Srgjan SPASIKJ

1969

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

41820/23

21/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Rote NIKOLOVSKI

1957

Radinka LAZAREVSKA

1955

Snezhanka MLADENOVSKA

1955

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

41974/23

27/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Sunchica MITKOVSKA

1953

Sasho ARSOVSKI

1972

Dejan BOSHKOVSKI

1972

Kalina ILIEVSKA

1953

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

41976/23

22/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Ubavka GJORGJIEVSKA

1969

Zoran KARANFILOVSKI

1963

Oliver MILADINOVSKI

1976

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

41977/23

23/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Ljupcho MLADENOVSKI

1963

Vladanka POPOVSKA

1955

Chedo POPOVSKI

1950

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

42462/23

28/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Slavica GJORGJIEVSKA

1968

Rade NAKOVSKI

1956

Borche STAMENOVSKI

1969

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

42463/23

29/11/2023

(4 applicants)

Margica NIKOLIKJ

1961

Hrisula LAZEVSKA

1968

Ubavka MIHAJLOVIKJ

1961

Goran ZDRAVKOVSKI

1966

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

120

1073/24

17/11/2023

(3 applicants)

Jovica PETROVIKJ

1963

Slavica RISTOVSKA

1964

Stanojka STAMENKOVSKA

1962

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

1124/24

21/12/2023

(3 applicants)

Zdravko ANGELOVSKI

1983

Marika KRSTIKJ

1954

Tanka MIHAJLOVIKJ

1956

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

580

90

1212/24

26/12/2023

Velimir MIHAJLOVIKJ

1954

Toni TASEVSKI

1964

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

580

60

3408/24

16/01/2024

(3 applicants)

Dushka TRAJKOVSKA

1962

Snezha ARSOVSKA

1951

Dobrica BOJKOVSKA

1966

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

470

90

5148/24

09/02/2024

Bogica JOVANOVIKJ

1957

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

580

30

17544/24

10/06/2024

(4 applicants)

Aleksandar SHUNIKJ

1980

Aneta JORDANOVSKA

1969

Mire JOVANOVSKI

1954

Ljube PETROVSKI

1962

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

580

120

33062/24

01/11/2024

Zorica MIRCHEVSKA

1960

22/05/2025

14/03/2025

580

30

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.

[2] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.